Prominent Republicans and Trump staffers looking for “exit ramp” as Donald Trump’s condition worsens

| 8:00 pm EDT October 3, 2020
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Donald Trump’s condition is bad enough that his White House handlers are trying to spin it in five different ways. And the circumstances of Trump’s attempted coverup of his coronavirus diagnosis are ugly enough that his handlers are bending over backward to try to keep us from finding out when he first tested positive.

This is the very definition of a sinking ship. Now it turns out a number of people in Donald Trump’s orbit are looking for a way out. Stuart Stevens from the Lincoln Project tweeted this: “I expected this post-Nov 3rd but in last 24 hours hearing from some prominent R’s supporting Trump – and one top Trump staffer – asking how best to find the exit ramp. My answer is simple: never too early or too late to do the right thing. How it’s done won’t mater after it’s done.”

Palmer Report has always predicted that if it ever came down to it, Republican office holders and White House underlings would all selfishly choose themselves over Donald Trump. The only question was when or if they would reach the point where they concluded that they had to jump ship in order to survive. It turns out Trump falling victim to his own plague, and trying to cover up the fact that he had it, is the jumping off point.